Apparatus, system, and method for network authentication and content distribution

A system comprising:

• a firewall module situated between a computing device and the Internet, the firewall module communicating with the Internet and a local area network (LAN), the computing device connected to the LAN behind the firewall module;
• an authentication module configured to intercept a request from the computing device to access the Internet, the request not reaching the Internet, and require a client module to be installed on the computing device, the client module originating at the LAN, the client module being required for the computing device to access the Internet, the authentication module authenticating the computing device based on the computing device executing the client module;
• a content distribution module that transmits one or more advertisements to the client module, the client module displaying one or more advertisements to the user of the computing device during an Internet session conducted through the firewall module, the authentication module further terminating the Internet session in response to the client module being terminated such that the one or more advertisements are no longer presented to the user.